Advertising device



C. D. BOWERSt ADVERTISING DEVICE.

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CHARLES DENVER BWEBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

aiuvnnrrsrne DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Lasserre.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application led August 2, 1920. Serial No. 400,743.

T all fia/'tom it muy concern lie` it known that l, CHARLES D.` Bowlers,`

new and lmproved Advertising` Device, ol

which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

This. invention relates to display apparatus or advertising; devices and has particular re'lerenci-z to a movable structureembodyinp; elements so carried by the movable structure as to possess relative movement in another direction., there being provided let ters or other characters and associated windoive or openings so related as to produce a multiplicity of variable inscriptions as a result ot continued movement or lnterchange ol? oosition olf the various .arts between which there is relative movement.

More specilically the invention has ior an object provisional a movable device simulat-ingr a dutch wiinimill,` upon each arm or blade oit which are pivoted a series ot disks, each disk bearing a plurality oi' characters adapted to be brought into display position in succession as a result oit the revolution oi? the disk with the arm around the axis of the wheel and the simultaneous rotation of each disk on its own axis.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a rotatable member upon which are carried a series of members having various characters on their periphery, the character members being;r caused. to revolve around the axis of the rotatable member as a result lof such rotation1 but with `means to holdthe character members. from actual rotation aroundtheir own axes., `means being provided in connection with. said character members to rcause different portionsthereof and consequently diiierent characters carried thereby to be brought successively into view as a result ol the rotation of the iirst mentioned member.

lith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangementand combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested here in, still for the purpose oi' illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parte in the several views, and in which Figure l is a iront elevation of a device embodying the principal features of my invention.

lig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 ol Fig. l, the parts being on an en larged scale. l

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show a device comprising a support 10 inthe nature of the body of awindmill having a door l1 and a window 12.

lournaled in the upper portion of the mill is a horizontal sh alt 13 which may be caused to rotate slowly by any suitable means such as a motor Ml located at any desired place either inside or outside oi the mill according to the display effect desired. That is to say il" it is intended ttor the wind wheel to appear to be caused to rotate by the wind and independent oi any other movable parts the motor would be located either within the mill or at the rear thereol, but as indicated in the drawings it would appear that the wind wheel., due to the rotation thereof from the wind, would causethe rotation ofthe motor as a lgenerator.

The wind wheel above referred to isl shown as comprising a series oi radial arms or wings lelalll rigidly connected to the hub portion 15 and hence caused to rotate simul` taneously upon and with the shaftl. The Afilirectlowfol? rotation may be assumed to be in. the direction of the large arrow or cloclo wise.

As shown best in Fig. 2 each wing is composed o'l' 'front andrear parallel panels within thespace `16 of which are journaled a` series, shown as four in number,` of character members such as disks 17. Each of these disks is journaled at 18 for ireerotation in the spacea'foresaid, but normally is held from rotation by some suitable means such as a weight 19 attached to the lower edge thereoil so that under ordinary conditions the disks 17 do not rotate actually except that the relative movement between the disks and the wing carrying them is in effect a counter clockwise rotation.

Carried by each of the disks or character members 17 are a plurality of characters such as letters of a variable nature the same beingr located at any desired distance trom the centers of the disks, although they are indicated as being substantially concentric or located at equal distances from the centers.

The front panels of the wings are each provided With a series` oic openings or windoWs 20 located in -a uniform manner with respect to the disk centers, the openings being shown as being located beyond the disk centers 18 from the shaft 13 and the arrangement being such that the letters or characters on the disks are brought to View in succession through the windows as a result of the rotation oi the wheel or the several Wings around the axis of the shaft 13.

vThe number of characters or letters on each disk may be tour as shown or more or less depending upon the rapidity of interchange desired or the number of different display words or thelike to be displayed by each Wing as it makes a rotation. The wing at the right side of Fig. 1, for the best understanding of the invention, is shown as having the front panel removed, so that each 13, these several Words or series o letters ,being displayed in succession through the same series of windows 20. Obviously all of the Wings might have thecharacter members so arranged as to display in succession the same Words or in any other order, but preferably all of the Words throughout the entire system are ditierentand may be either substantives naming the various commodities to be advertised, or may be swords descriptive of the character ork quality of suoli commodities. lt is to be noted also that the rear panels may be provided with Windows 20 throughwhich characters Ythat may be carried on the opposite side of the disks may be viewed from the other side et the wheel.

lt will be noted also that the device may be vutilized as a mechanical toy, the wheel being adapted to be rotated by flowing sand or any other suitable actuating means not shown.

l claim:

1. T he combination with a movable meniber and means to cause the movement thereof in a predetermined path, of a character member connected to and movable with the movable member and between which there .is relative movement due to the movement of the lirst member, a plurality ot' characters carried by the character member, and means serving to present the characters in succession to view as a result of the movement ot' the movable member in connection with the relative movement between the character member and the movable member.

2. ln a display device, the combination with a member and means te cause rotation thereof around a fixed axis, a series of character members connected to the movable member and caused by the rotation thereol to revolve around said axis, and means act ing upon the character members to hold them from actual rotation while they are revolving.

3. A device as set forth in claim Q in which the character members which carry a plurality of characters, corresponding characters of the several characters constitutingr series calculated to spell different words in succession, and means to cause the display of the several words in succession coincident with the rotation of the lirst mentioned member.

4e. ln a display device, the combination with a rotatable wheel comprising a series of wings and means to cause the rotation ot the wings around the axis of the wheel, of a series of character members pivoted upon each Wing, each character member bearing a plurality of characters, correspondingly arranged characters of the several character members being calculated to be legible simultaneously and Jfor a single purpose, and means to cause a relative change ot position ietiveen the wing and all o1 the character members simultaneously so as to produce a change of display, the last mentioned means comprising a Weight carried by each chai'- acter member and serving to hold a definite portion thereof downward irrespective of any other movements of the device.

CHARLES DENVER BOWERS. 

